title: [Nurse/midwife responsibility].
abstract: Blood transfusion is a medical act which a nurse or midwife can do with a medical consent and only if a doctor can intercede when he is called. The following presentation reminds us of the nurse's and midwife's responsability when doing a blood transfusion. All the guidelines are laid down in the Public Health Code for nurses and midwifes as well as in the circular of the 15 December 2003. The nurse or midwife doing the transfusion must at all times respect the security guidelines, doing so along with close collaboration between nurse, midwife and doctor enables all transfusions to be conducted safely.
authors.affiliation: Unité d'hémovigilance, groupement Edouard-Herriot, Lyon, France. marie-claude.lagneaux@chu-lyon.fr
authors.forename: M-C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Lagneaux
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D016365:Liability, Legal; D008880:Midwifery / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006473:Postpartum Hemorrhage / Q000628:therapy*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011247:Pregnancy; D055656:Prescriptions; D011786:Quality Control; D014592:Uterine Hemorrhage / Q000628:therapy*